Note handed to Sir
Francis H. Villiers, British Minister to Belgium, to M. Davignon,
Minister of Foreign Affairs._
Brussels, Aug. 4, 1914.
I am instructed to inform the Belgium Government that, if Germany
exercises pressure for the purpose of compelling Belgium to abandon
her position of a neutral country, the Government of his Britannic
Majesty expects Belgium to resist by every possible means.
The Government of his Britannic Majesty is ready in that event to
join with Russia and France, if desired by Belgium, to offer to the
Belgian Government at once common action for the purpose of
resisting the use of force by Germany against Belgium and at the
same time to offer a guarantee to maintain the independence and
integrity of Belgium in the future.
_No. 37--Offer of England for an alliance for the object of
assuring the neutrality of Belgium against the pressure of
Germany._
London, Aug. 4, 1914.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has informed the British Ministers
in Norway, Holland, and Belgium that Great Britain expects that
these three kingdoms will resist the pressure of Germany and
maintain neutrality.
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